Film Reviews on the radio

JimboJones74

Normally listen to Mark Kermode on Radio 5 for my film review fix (usually the podcast). I was off today so listened live to Dr. K and then switched over the Newstalk for the film review slot on Moncrieff.

Talk about chalk and cheese. Kermode = funny, articulate, full of knowledge and insight. Any time i listen to the film review on Moncrieff sounds like a 2nd yr scool student is scripting it, poor stuff (or it it just me??) seems little or no film knowledge required.

Can anyone recommend any other good film review slots on any stations/podcasts.

Apologies if this has been discussed before.

mike65

The pair from Crime Doesn't Pay (?) on Matt Coopers show are pretty rank as well. The problem with Kermode is that he sets the bar so high almost everyone else is doomed to seem ill informed and incoherent by comparison.

roxy

Cinerama on Phantom, Fridays 7-8pm.

Intelligent, witty, knowledgeable panel of reviewers - always really good fun.

Give it a try this week.

Stylo

Heard Deco Carty on RTE Radio 1 last night doing Cinema Reviews on the new Arts Show - wouldn't have thought it was his game, but now I type that out, it seems a bit of a silly thing to say - keep it up DC, good to hear you on the air again

eightyfish

JimboJones74 wrote: »

Talk about chalk and cheese. Kermode = funny, articulate, full of knowledge and insight. Any time i listen to the film review on Moncrieff sounds like a 2nd yr scool student is scripting it, poor stuff (or it it just me??) seems little or no film knowledge required.

So true. Kermode/Mayo is my favourite podcast, and the only one I make a point of listening to every week. The Newstalk review is so amateurish it's embarrassing. I find this with a lot of stuff on Newstalk though. I've lost count of the number of times I've heard George Hook apologise because they played the wrong audio clip. Also their news coverage is a bit tabloidey and generally has a negative/sensationalist spin on everything. Still listen to them though, because I can't stand the 10-track-playlist of the music stations.

dedon

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The Black Oil

Kermode and Mayo seem to be only ones who give film the time it deserves and don't cram it into a few minutes or lump it with another segment.

I used to listen to Philip Molloy on Newstalk, he was decent enough, but was regularly interrupted by Hook or ads/news/traffic. I stopped listening to Newstalk around 18 months ago so I don't know who does it now.

mike65

The Today FM pair are from crime always pays to correct what I said above.

Bondvillain

It's only the bloke on the last word who does the movie blog thing. The Lady is Tara Brady, from Hot Press.

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